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Sn2 reaction at an asymmetric carbon of a compound always givesa) an enantiomerb)a product with opposite optical rotationc)a mixture of diastereomersd)a single steriomer

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SN​2 reaction at asymmetric carbon means the Nucleophilic substitution through the formation of transition state occurs at the chiral carbon in the compound.

The leaving group is then pushed off the opposite side and the product is formed with inversion of the tetrahedral geometry at the central atom.\

Hence, it will have the opposite optical rotation.

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